Hello to all,
Thank you to all of you who wrote or called about the posting I wrote
about feeling lack of confidence about resuming work. I appreciate your
caring and sharing. So many things happened in my life in the last two
years, too overwhelming to list, but I am slowly recovering in all
areas. Yes, I am doing much better. I am teaching nursing three hours
per week, in two weeks it goes up to 11 hours per week, and next
weekend, I hope to start an easy weekend job teaching laid-off computer
chip assembliers who are enrolled in a course to become certified
nursing assistants. I went to observe them last Saturday. A
fascinating group - from all over the world, all living here in San
Jose, Ca. I already decided that with my group, the first day I will
tell them "No perfume or cologne", as some of the students I observed
must have bathed in a variety of very overpowering floral smells that
almost knocked me over. Before this, I had the same job for 16 years,
then we moved here, and I had no job, now I am beating the bushes to get
a job or two or three part-time ones. I have been studying up to eight
hours a day to prepare for my classes, as the content is not my area of
expertise, but I am enjoying even that. I know it will take time to
find my niche. If I don;t bring in x amount of income, we will lose our
house. The agony of adhesions leaves a wake of damage and debris in its
path: financial, emotional, social, sexual, as well as of course
physical. I know you can all relate to that.Mary Lou